YouTube niche

How much do D&D 5e Class Guides YouTube channels make?

Small D&D 5e Class Guides channels are getting videos with 3.9M views and earning real money from YouTube ads.

Channels in this niche typically earn $26 to $103 total from all their videos, based on 409 videos and 3 channels we analyzed.

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D&D 5e Class Guides YouTube niche earnings and breakout examples
Channels studied
3
409 videos tracked
Highest earner (all time)
~$27.9K est.
$11.1K to $44.6K total
Best single video earned
~$3.1K est.
$1.3K to $5K per video
Most-viewed video
3.9M views
from a 4.8K subscriber channel

Earnings breakdown

Distribution stats from 409 videos and 3 channels analyzed.

Average channel total
$26 to $103
Estimated all-time total per channel
Top 25% of channels earn
$27 to $107
Better-performing channels (all time)
Top 10% of channels earn
$27 to $110
Highest-performing channels (all time)
Average per video
$82 to $328
Typical single-video earnings
Average views per video
82K
May be higher due to viral hits
Top 25% of videos get
89.8K
Views on better-performing videos
Top 10% of videos get
223.2K
Views on the biggest videos
If you post 2 videos a month
$164 to $656
At this niche's typical per-video earnings
How often creators post
new video every 2.1 weeks
Average for channels in this niche
Is this niche growing?
Views are growing
Based on recent videos in this niche

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4.8K subscribers · about 3 uploads a month
~$27.9K total earned est.$11.1K to $44.6K all time11.1M views
Behind The Tavern
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5.7K subscribers · about 10 uploads a month
~$1.2K total earned est.$461 to $1.8K all time461K views
The Scrollkeeper
The Scrollkeeper
2.8K subscribers · about 2 uploads a month
~$685 total earned est.$274 to $1.1K all time273.8K views

Breakout videos

Videos that pulled in far more views than their channels had subscribers.

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Why this niche works

Top D&D 5e Class Guides videos usually run about 36 to 62 minutes and earn an estimated $82 to $328 per video, which works out to $164 to $656 a month if you post at this niche's typical pace of 2 videos a month. The best ones below pulled in far more views than their channels had subscribers, the clearest sign a brand new channel can still land a hit here.

The strongest recent example is “How to Dungeon Master - for Absolute Beginners (D&D5e)”, which reached 1.4M views from a 107K subscriber channel. Channels in RPG & Strategy Gaming often post about new video every 2.1 weeks, so consistency matters as much as one viral upload.

Videos are usually 36 to 62 minBased on 3 channels

Typical D&D 5e Class Guides video: 49 min · ~82K views per upload (niche average).

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How the numbers work

How earnings are estimated, what is public, and when this page was last updated.

Last updated
Jun 11, 2026
Data source
Public YouTube discovery
Built from publicly available channels and videos matched to this niche.
Confidence
Confidence is highest when a niche has many long-form breakout videos with known subscriber counts. Percentile ranges are precomputed from the analyzed sample; thin niches may show wider ranges or missing percentiles.
  • We take a video's public view count and estimate how much ad revenue it earned, using a typical pay-per-view rate for this niche. The result is a range (low to high).
  • A channel's total estimated earnings are the sum of all its individual video estimates, across the channel's entire history.
  • These estimates assume all views earned ad revenue. In reality many channels have not turned on ads, so real earnings are usually lower.
  • Actual earnings depend on the creator's monetization status, audience location, ad formats, sponsorships, and more.
  • Verified data comes from visible YouTube channel pages and video listings. Estimated data is filled in from related channels when direct info was not available.
  • Data is independently sourced from public information. NoodleTomato is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube.

Read the full methodology on the Niche Finder methodology page.

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